IDBCursor.update

The update() method of the IDBCursor interface returns an IDBRequest object, and, in a separate thread, updates the value at the current position of the cursor in the object store. If the cursor points to a record that has just been deleted, a new record is created.

Be aware that you can't call update() (or IDBCursor.delete()) on cursors obtained from IDBIndex.openKeyCursor(). For such needs, you have to use IDBIndex.openCursor() instead.

Syntax

var anIDBRequest = myIDBCursor.update(value);

Parameters

value

The new value to be stored at the current position.

Return value

An IDBRequest object on which subsequent events related to this operation are fired.

Exceptions

This method may raise a DOMException of one of the following types:

Example

In this simple fragment we create a transaction, retrieve an object store, then use a cursor to iterate through all the records in the object store. If the albumTitle of the current cursor is "A farewell to kings", we update year the album was released using var request = cursor.update();.

Note that you cannot change primary keys using cursor.update(), hence us not changing the album title; this would ruin the integrity of the data. In such a situation, you would have to delete the record altogether and then add a new one using IDBObjectStore.add. Note also that you can't directly put cursor.value into an update call, hence the below example using an intermediary updateData variable.

The cursor does not require us to select the data based on a key; we can just grab all of it. Also note that in each iteration of the loop, you can grab data from the current record under the cursor object using cursor.value.foo. For a complete working example, see our IDBCursor example (view example live.)

function updateResult() {
  list.innerHTML = '';
  var transaction = db.transaction(['rushAlbumList'], 'readwrite');
  var objectStore = transaction.objectStore('rushAlbumList');

  objectStore.openCursor().onsuccess = function(event) {
    var cursor = event.target.result;
    if(cursor) {
      if(cursor.value.albumTitle === 'A farewell to kings') {
        var updateData = cursor.value;
          
        updateData.year = 2050;
        var request = cursor.update(updateData);
        request.onsuccess = function() {
          console.log('A better album year?');
        };
      };

      var listItem = document.createElement('li');
      listItem.innerHTML = '<strong>' + cursor.value.albumTitle + '</strong>, ' + cursor.value.year;
      list.appendChild(listItem);   
      cursor.continue();        
    } else {
      console.log('Entries displayed.');         
    }
  };
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Using IndexedDB
• Starting transactions: IDBDatabase
• Using transactions: IDBTransaction
• Setting a range of keys: IDBKeyRange
• Retrieving and making changes to your data: IDBObjectStore
• Using cursors: IDBCursor
• Reference example: To-do Notifications (view example live.)